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RCTL(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual RCTL(8)
NAMErctl -- display and update resource limits database
SYNOPSISrctl [-h] [-n] [filter]
rctl-a [rule]
rctl-l [-h] [-n] [filter]
rctl-r [filter]
rctl-u [-h] [filter]
rctl requires the kernel to be compiled with:
optionsRACCToptionsRCTLDESCRIPTION
When called without options, the rctl command writes currently defined
RCTL rules to standard output.
If a filter argument is specified, only rules matching the filter are
displayed. The options are as follows:
-arule
Add rule to the RCTL database.
-lfilter
Display rules applicable to the process defined by filter. Note
that this is different from showing the rules when called without
any options, as it shows not just the rules with subject equal to
that of process, but also rules for the user, jail, and login
class applicable to the process.
-rfilter
Remove rules matching filter from the RCTL database.
-ufilter
Display resource usage for a subject (process, user, loginclass
or jail) matching the filter.
-h "Human-readable" output. Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte,
Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte.
-n Display user IDs numerically rather than converting them to a
user name.
Modifying rules affects all currently running and future processes match-
ing the rule.
RULE SYNTAX
Syntax for a rule is subject:subject-id:resource:action=amount/per.
subject defines the kind of entity the rule applies to. It can
be either process, user, loginclass, or jail.
subject-id identifies the subject. It can be a process ID, user
name, numerical user ID, login class name from
login.conf(5), or jail name.
resource identifies the resource the rule controls. See the
RESOURCES section below for details.
action defines what will happen when a process exceeds the
allowed amount. See the ACTIONS section below for
details.
amount defines how much of the resource a process can use
before the defined action triggers. Resources which
limit bytes may use prefixes from expand_number(3).
per defines what entity the amount gets accounted for. For
example, rule "loginclass:users:vmem:deny=100M/process"
means that each process of any user belonging to login
class "users" may allocate up to 100MB of virtual mem-
ory. Rule "loginclass:users:vmem:deny=100M/user" would
mean that for each user belonging to the login class
"users", the sum of virtual memory allocated by all the
processes of that user will not exceed 100MB. Rule
"loginclass:users:vmem:deny=100M/loginclass" would mean
that the sum of virtual memory allocated by all pro-
cesses of all users belonging to that login class will
not exceed 100MB.
A valid rule has all those fields specified, except for per, which
defaults to the value of subject.
A filter is a rule for which one of more fields other than per is left
empty. For example, a filter that matches every rule could be written as
":::=/", or, in short, ":". A filter that matches all the login classes
would be "loginclass:". A filter that matches all defined rules for
maxproc resource would be "::maxproc".
SUBJECTSsubjectsubject-idprocess numerical Process ID
user user name or numerical User ID
loginclass login class from login.conf(5)jail jail name
RESOURCESresourcecputime CPU time, in seconds
datasize data size, in bytes
stacksize stack size, in bytes
coredumpsize core dump size, in bytes
memoryuse resident set size, in bytes
memorylocked locked memory, in bytes
maxproc number of processes
openfiles file descriptor table size
vmemoryuse address space limit, in bytes
pseudoterminals number of PTYs
swapuse swap usage, in bytes
nthr number of threads
msgqqueued number of queued SysV messages
msgqsize SysV message queue size, in bytes
nmsgq number of SysV message queues
nsem number of SysV semaphores
nsemop number of SysV semaphores modified in a single
semop(2) call
nshm number of SysV shared memory segments
shmsize SysV shared memory size, in bytes
wallclock wallclock time, in seconds
pcpu %CPU, in percents of a single CPU core
ACTIONSactiondeny deny the allocation; not supported for cputime and
wallclocklog log a warning to the console
devctl send notification to devd(8) using system = "RCTL",
subsystem = "rule", type = "matched"
sig* e.g. sigterm; send a signal to the offending
process. See signal(3) for a list of supported
signals
Not all actions are supported for all resources. Attempting to add a
rule with an action not supported by a given resource will result in
error.
EXIT STATUS
The rctl utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
Prevent user "joe" from allocating more than 1GB of virtual memory:
rctl-auser:joe:vmemoryuse:deny=1g
Remove all RCTL rules:
rctl-r:
Display resource usage information for jail named "www":
rctl-hujail:www
Display all the rules applicable to process with PID 512:
rctl-lprocess:512
Display all rules:
rctl
Display all rules matching user "joe":
rctluser:joe
Display all rules matching login classes:
rctlloginclass:SEE ALSOrctl.conf(5)HISTORY
The rctl command appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.
AUTHORS
The rctl was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
BUGS
Limiting memoryuse may kill the machine due to thrashing.
FreeBSD 10.1 September 11, 2014 FreeBSD 10.1